BioCurious

Saturday we are hosting a class on Liquid Biopsy - A new paradigm for cancer detection. In this class, we will cover the following topics: - The core concepts of liquid biopsy. - How rare circulating tumor cells are captured from blood and analyzed. - How tiny amounts of free-floating cancer DNA are characterized in blood by different DNA sequencing methods (CirSeq, UMI, Duplex Sequencing, ...)... - A profile of some of the companies working in this area (PGDx, Guardant Hlth, Grail, ...) - And how this exciting approach is already having an impact in the clinic. Hope to see there! https://www.meetup.com/BioCurious/events/248141014/ See more

Join us next Saturday 2/24 @2pm for Business of Biotech class! This is an introductory class that will introduce the audience to business aspects pertaining to the biotechnology sector. Topics will include: economic considerations for companies active in the sector; investor perspectives in evaluating biotech start ups; cost analyses associated with the development of therapeutics. Speaker - Fabio Rupp obtained a PhD in Molecular Biology (Immunology) from the University of Zu...rich, followed by postdoctoral positions at The Ontario Cancer Institute and Stanford University. He was Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1992-2000). Dr. Rupp has worked in the biotech industry since 2000 in various capacities including Director of Functional Genomics at Nuvelo Pharmaceuticals, Director of North American Operations for Prionics USA (where he supervised all commercial and regulatory activities), Scientific Advisor to Neurotune AG and founder of Hera Biomedical Inc. Since 2008, he has been serving as Scientific Advisor for Ecosystem Ventures, a venture capital investment and strategic consulting firm. He has been a scientific consultant to NMA since 2010. https://www.meetup.com/BioCurious/events/247461371/ See more

Looking for things to do this weekend? Have a New Year's resolution to learn some basic lab skills? Have teens who want to get move involved in science? This weekend we kick off the start of our lab skills series. Saturday help us Tear down our Alpha Imager - https://www.meetup.com/BioCurious/events/246587175/ Sunday we have:... Teens Teaching Teens: PCR https://www.meetup.com/BioCurious/events/247110028/ Adults Lab Skills: PCR https://www.meetup.com/BioCurious/events/247110061/ These are the first in a series of three lab skills classes we plan to offer every 2 to 3 months. Register online and see you there!

Hey our friends at NASA and SETI are having an awesome development meeting.

Have you ever wondered what sort of projects the High School students at BioCurious work on? We are extremely proud to have the work of Elodie and her mentor (and our Board Member) Eric Espinosa featured in this article. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com//the-rise-of-citizen/ We have a full year of classes we will be announcing soon, with many chances to come in to learn lab techniques.... Already know your way around a lab? We always have a need for mentors to help the many teens who come to BioCurious.

Amazing quality from the Cuttlefish genome. Great JOB TEAM CUTTLEFISH!! We are excited to see the initial data come off the Miseq. We will transfer the run and start the data analysis on the first 1M Tuesday. The photo is a screen capture from the initial run of C3 sample off the Miseq run metrics. IF you want to geek out with us. This number is awesome: Q30 >=90.6% for a 2x 250 BP that means that for 90.6% of the reads have less then one error in 1000bp. Thanks again to our partners Illumina and UCSF to help us get this project off the ground.

Happy holidays, BioCurious! Did you know that Amazon donates 0.5% of your purchases to a non-profit company when you use smile.amazon.com as your start page? It's very easy to support BioCurious, a registered non-profit, by wrapping up (or starting!) your holiday shopping at smile.amazon.com/ch/27-3848068 ... You can also make BioCurious your dedicated AmazonSmile charity by following the instructions on this page: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html Many thanks from all of us at BioCurious!

Happy Holiday's everyone! Please join us Saturday for our Community Meeting/PotLuck/Holiday Party. We love a chance to get the community together to celebrate what we've all been doing and to brainstorm ways to make the space better. Hope to see you all there. Saturday December 9th at Noon. https://www.meetup.com/BioCurious/events/243234443/

Thank you to SOSV for profiling BioCurious! We have added even more startup companies and equipment to the lab since this video was filmed. If you havent stopped by lately you should join us for our community meeting on December 9th at noon. Hope to see you around the lab. https://medium.com//biocurious-could-the-next-apple-emerge

Looking for something to do tonight? Stop by at 7pm for a cancer talk on "Predicting response: combination Immunotherapy in Melanoma using Immune-Cell No." presented by our guest speakers, Adil Daud, M.D.. Hope to see you there! https://www.meetup.com/BioCurious/events/242886875/

Just a few hours now till Geektoberfest! Help us spread the word. Join us tonight, Sept. 28, 7 to 10:30 p.m. The Tech, 201 S. Market Street thetech.org/geektoberfest This will be our third year celebrating the science of beer with tastings from local brewers, live brewing demos, hands-on experiments, and presentations on the science and technology of beermaking.

Thursday, Sept. 28 7 to 10:30 p.m. The Tech, 201 S. Market Street thetech.org/geektoberfest... Its time for the third annual Geektoberfest! Come join us in this unique event presented in partnership with BioCurious at The Tech Museum of Innovation in downtown San Jose This will be our third year celebrating the science of beer with tastings from local brewers, live brewing demos, hands-on experiments, and presentations on the science and technology of beermaking. The inaugural 2015 Geektoberfest was a sold-out smash hit with a crowd of 850 as well as a huge success for the evening’s brewers. Last year we had even more brewers participating and an equally great crowd. We expect an even bigger crowd this year!

Late notice but please help us spread the word we have a great event tomorrow. 7pm - Lecture on Advanced Molecular Detection at the CDC This lecture was reshceduled and we had some problems with Meetup registrations but YES it is happeneing and YES you can still get in! We are super excited to host this talk by Dr. Duncan MacCannell the chief science officer for the CDC’s Office of Advanced Molecular Detection (OAMD). There he coordinates the implementation and support of pathogen genomics, bioinformatics, high-performance computing and other innovative laboratory technologies across the CDC’s four infectious disease centers. https://www.meetup.com/BioCurious/events/241459226/